Crossover Fan Fiction / Naruto Fan Fiction / Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monster GX Fan Fiction ❯ Naruto 5Ds: Shinobi Signers ❯ Last of the Signers ( Chapter 1 )

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First of all, I would like to say that I’m sorry for being gone for so long, but with finding a job and all, it was tough. Anyway, I wanted to post this story on Christmas as a present, but there was a problem with Mediaminer and I couldn’t update my old stories or post new stories like this one until now. But that problem was recently solved from what I know, so, it wouldn’t be a problem. If you are reading this, you are reading my first Naruto and Yu-Gi-Oh crossover specifically Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds to be more exact. This story is inspired by Arrick Haun and this author’s story of ‘Kasumi: The Last Signer’. I’m not going into details, but this is going to be somewhat an AU story which takes place after the end of the Season Two saga with Yliaster, the Machine Emperors, and such which the AU part is the end of Season Two since it isn’t over yet. And before I start, I’m sorry for killing off the main cast of Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds, but I need to make my story and develop my characters in this story the way that I did.

I DO NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh R/GX/5ds, Naruto, any of the characters, and anything/anyone that comes from these and other stories that end up in this fanfiction! Yu-Gi-Oh is owned/licensed by Kazuki Takahashi, Toei Animation, and Studio Gallop, Yu-Gi-Oh GX is owned/licensed by Naoyuki Kageyama, Studio Gallop and its various directors, Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds is owned/licensed by Katsumi Ono and Studio Gallop, and Naruto is owned/licensed by Masashi Kishimoto, Yuuto Date, Jump Comics, and Studio Pierrot!

Warning: This story contains intense violence, blood, gore, and death, mild to explicit suggestive themes, including mind-control and brainwashing, mild to explicit bad language, and X-rated adult themes/situations that some readers might consider disturbing!

Second Warning: Some to a lot of OOC (Out of Character) actions and mannerisms in this whole story!

Naruto 5Ds: Shinobi Signers

Chapter 1: Last of the Signers

Right now, we find ourselves in a city known as Neo Domino City and in an apartment home in an area known as Tops, we find ourselves in an apartment that’s well-to-do for a nuclear family of four where we find two thirteen year old teens looking at two custom duel disks.

The first thirteen year old is male with black hair similar to teen Gohan’s hair from DBZ, brown eyes, and wearing a black sleeveless muscle shirt under a dark blue jacket, brown jeans, and black boots.

The second 13 year old is a female with long flowing pink hair, deep blue eyes, purple sleeveless shirt that stops just above her navel, a light black shirt jacket over the shirt, violet fingerless gloves that goes up to the elbows, black skirt that goes down to cover half of her kneecaps, black silk stockings that covers up to the top of her kneecaps, and finally, she has rose red high-heeled pumps, but the heels are barely a inch off the ground.

The male’s duel disk looks similar to an old fashion Battle City Duel Disk while the female’s duel disk looks like pink version of the standard Neo Domino City Duel Disk with blue ‘gems’ on it.

The female says, amazed, “It is so lovely dad!”

The male says, excitedly, “Cool, dad! It looks exactly like your duel disk!” In front of the two teens, there was a group of people in front of them especially a male and the woman in their early 30s.

The male has wildly spiky black hair with gold highlights mixed into the black hair and blue eyes in which he is wearing a long-sleeved blue jacket with a high collar and amber gems over a sleeveless black shirt with a red symbol and wears gloves below his elbows with an amber gem on them. His lower body consists of black jeans with amber knee pads with a belt around the waist of the jeans that contains two pouches for decks of Duel Monsters’ cards and calf-high motorcycle boots.

The female has fair skin, brown eyes, and dark burgundy hair. Her hair is unusual than most females with her hair being mostly chin-length with the addition of long, elbow-length bangs that frame both sides of her face. She rolls her front bangs with a device similar to a hair curler on top of her head while small bangs hangs down on each side. Her style of dress looks like a combination of old Victorian through they are also look similar to uniforms worn by female military generals back in the 1980s consisting of low-cut red corset with short, light green puffy sleeves and a high collar which shows off plenty of well-endowed cleavage through not an obscene manner. She also has a magenta trench coat, red neck choker, golden cross medallion across her neck, a pair of dark elbow-length fingerless gloves is on her hands and arms, black silk stockings, and she has red high-heeled platform shoes.

These two are none other than Yusei Fudo, the current top duelist in the world especially in Turbo Dueling, and his wife, Akiza Izinski Fudo, both of whom are in their early 30s. With them are none other than Jack Atlas, his wife, Carly Carmine Atlas, Crow Hogan, Luna, and Leo. It has been over a decade since the defeat of the Three Emperors of Yliaster and the stopping of their plans to destroy Neo Domino City in which things have changed. Jack and Carly have gotten married and they have a kid of their own, a male known as Jack Atlas Junior, which isn’t too surprising knowing Jack and Carly. Luna has become a beautiful young woman and she has recently got her Turbo Dueling license. Her brother, Leo, has turned in a handsome young man and he has had his Turbo Dueling license since he was 18 years old through it took him several tries to get it.

However, thanks to the Duel Boards, young kids can Turbo Duel as well through at much slower speeds that the adult Turbo Duelists do. Duel Boards have become common place and Yusei helped the Kaiba Company develop these Duel Boards which have become common place in which there are Junior Turbo Dueling leagues are starting to form.

Yusei says, with a grin, “I’m glad, Ryu. I made them especially the way that you liked them.”

Akiza says, with a smile, “That’s your father, Ayane.”

Carly says, excitedly, “Oh, wow! Our little Jacky has only just turned eleven and your twins are now thirteen.”

A young boy that’s eleven years old and looks like a mini-Jack Atlas through his style looks similar to Zane Truesdale when he became ‘Hell Kaiser’ and with black hair tells Carly, “Mom, I’m not just some kid! You are looking at the future ‘Master of Faster’ here!”

Crow says, with a grin, “You are really a chip off the old block!”

Jack replies, with a proud smile, “What else did you expect? So, Yusei, don’t expect your kids to inherit the title that you took from me during the Fortune Cup! The Fifth ‘King of Games’ is right here!”

Crow asks Jack, “Aren’t Yusei, you, and I holders of that title since we won the World Turbo Dueling Grand Prix, Jack?”

Jack replies, plainly, “That’s in team dueling, Crow. Yusei beat me fair and square and I’ll admit it, but that doesn’t mean that I’m not going to train my son to take my place!”

Leo says, with a wide grin, “Aren’t you forgotten about someone, Jack? I’ve got my Turbo Dueling license and I’m going to take Yusei’s title!”

Luna says, with a giggle, “Leo, I’m not sure that you can since you can get above to the top ranks.”

Leo says, with a snort, “Thanks a lot, Luna.”

Jack tells Yusei, “Yusei, this place is nice and all, but there are some better place in Tops here.”

Yusei tells Jack, “I told you, Jack. I really don’t care for this fame and fortune just to support my family.” After the final battles with the three Emperors of Yliaster, the fame of Yusei, Jack, and Crow skyrocketed along with everyone that ‘connected’ to them. Yusei, Jack, and Crow have retained their ‘rank’ as the three greatest duelists in the world since then and they are the ranks of elite duelists since as Yugi Moto, Seto Kaiba, and Joey Wheeler along with Zane Truesdale and Jaden Yuki, who was Yugi’s successor as the second ‘King of Games’. However, after Jaden Yuki and his wife, Alexis Rhodes, vanished many decades ago no one took the title ‘King of Games’ through there were plenty of duelists that became ‘the world’s top duelist’ until Jack Atlas went to New Domino City after stealing Yusei’s first Duel Runner and taking his Stardust Dragon Synchro Monster card that Jack became the official third ‘King of Games’ which was mainly in part to his great dueling and self-promoting at the time.

Carly asks Crow, “Crow, how is that new orphanage that you help construct working out?”

Crow says, with a grin, “Just great. The kids that I took care of are now all grown up and running the place in which they are teaching new kids as well as helping getting into Duel Academy.”

Yusei says, with a smile, “That’s great, Crow.”

Crow says, with a wide grin, “We have just completely a new expansion to the orphanage and center and within a week, it will be open!”

Akiza says, with a smile, “I hope you don’t mind if we come Crow.”

Crow says, with a grin, “It wouldn’t be a party without you.”

Leo says, with a wide smirk, “Speaking of parties, I think that it was a party that got Yusei and Akiza together quickly in the first place since you ‘spiked’ the punch.”

Akiza and Carly along with Yusei blushed at that while Jack just cleared his throat in which Luna tells Leo, scoldingly, “Leo, not in front of Jacky, Ryu, and Ayane!”

Akiza tells Crow, with a smirk, “That reminds me, Crow. I was looking to pay you back for that. Yusei got in a lot of trouble with dad and it took me using my powers with Rose Tentacles AND mom took keep dad tied up so he wouldn’t hurt Yusei after you spiked the punch during our celebration party of defeating Yliaster and winning WRGP, Crow.”

Crow replies, nervously, “Come on, Akiza-chan, it was just a little… Oops! I think someone is calling me!” Crow then zips off and there are plenty of laughs in the distance.

Yusei tells Akiza, “That wasn’t nice, Akiza.”

Akiza replies, with a giggle, “I know sweetie.”

Carly asks, curiously, “I don’t mean to be rude, but it was THAT bad?”

Jack tells Carly, plainly, “Carly, Yusei would rather fight the Yliaster again than experience what he did with Akiza’s father again.”

Yusei says, with a nod, “There is nothing more frightening that an overprotective father, Jack.”

Akiza says, with a wide grin, “You are one to call the tea kettle black, Yusei-kun.” Yusei’s son and daughter giggle at this and Yusei gives a rare blush of embarrassment.

Carly tells Akiza, “Unless it is an overprotective mother, Akiza…”

Akiza tells Carly, with a glare, “I told you not to mention THAT incident, Carly!” Akiza says, with a blush, “It was kind of… embarrassing.”

Leo says, sweatdropping, “I remember that time and I know why NEVER to get you angry, Akiza.”

Luna says, with a nod, “That’s right, Leo.” Everyone had a good giggle about whatever ‘incident’ involved Akiza protecting her children.

Ryu asks his parents, “Can we open our next birthday presents?”

Akiza tells Ryu, “Not yet, sweetie. Don’t you and your sister want your birthday cake?”

Ayane replies, with a nod, “Sure, mom.”

As they got up, Jack tells his son, “By the way, Jacky, great job on your latest duel test yesterday.”

Carly says, with a smile, “An A plus!”

Jacky tells his parents, “I said that I’m going to follow in your footsteps dad and I’m going to be the best!”

Jack says, with a proud smile, “That’s my boy!” Soon enough, the group heads to a large table where there is a good sized cake in the shape of Battle City Duel Disk in the center of the table, but at this time, they didn’t know that they were being watched by strange black clad people with headbands that have metal plates with a strange symbol engraved on the plates through for some reason, the symbol can’t be seen.

One of them lowers binoculars and he says, with a plain tone, “We wait until night and if they can’t be taken alive, no one shall have the Signers or their heirs.” The other black clad people nod their heads in agreement as they prepare for what will be a nefarious plot against our group of dueling heroes and heroines and the three children of Yusei, Akiza, Jack, and Carly.

(That evening; At the Fudo apartment home)

It is evening where we find Ayane Fudo sleeping in her room in which it is filled with plenty of girl-like stuff including pictures of guys from ‘boy bands’ and such, but it also includes pictures of her family, a model of Black Rose Dragon and more models/dolls of various other Duel Monsters, and her new Duel Disk on a table with a deck of cards. Ayane is sleeping, but then she gives groans of discomfort as a red glow comes from her right arm.

Ayane slowly wakes up and she says, weakly, “What…? My arm…!” Ayane then looks at her exposed arm and she gasps to see a red dragon claw mark on her lower right arm. Ayane yells out, “A ‘Mark of the Dragon’?! Wait! That’s mommy’s Mark of the Dragon!” Just then Ayane gasps to see smoke coming into her room and on pure instinct, she runs to the door and opens it in which she is grabbed by two sets of hands. Ayane yells out, “Who are you?! Let go of me!” She struggles, but she is forced to the ground. When she gets a good look, she gasps to see her living room and kitchen in ruins with many bodies on the floor with small fires everywhere.

Just then a familiar male voice calls out, “Ayane! Let her go!”

Ayane goes to the source of the voice and she sees her brother also being held by the mysterious black clad ninja warriors and Ayane yells out, shocked, “Ryu!”

One of the ninja says, with a snort, “You had better keep quiet or your brother will end up like your parents and their friends and loved ones!”

Ayane asks, stuttering, “My mommy… and daddy…?” Ayane looks at her brother and she sees that there are many tears in his eyes. Ayane realizes what this means and she says, crying, “No, Ryu! This can’t be! Mom! Dad!”

Another of the mysterious ninja says, with a sinister sly tone, “We had no choice since they decided to be ‘difficult’.”

Ryu yells out, angrily, “We did nothing to you! And you killed everyone that we loved! Mom! Dad! Uncle Jack! Uncle Leo! Auntie Luna! Jacky! They’re gone!”

The ninja looks at Ryu and he says, with a sneer, “And your sister will be next if you don’t keep quiet, punk!” But then loud groaning noises are heard and everyone looks to see the ninja by Ayane collapse to the ground in which a cloaked figure in front of Ayane.

This new figure says, with a stern tone, “I think not. How dare you kill such noble people for your own selfish gain? I do not know why you wanted the Signers, but I shall tell you that you will never get their children or be allowed to live for this murder!”

The leader of this ninja group, the one talking to Ryu, replies, with a snort, “I don’t know who you are, but you shouldn’t have come here and interfered with us! And now, this kid shall pay for it!”

The figure replies, slyly, “I think not, fool.” He points to Ryu and everyone look to see that ‘Ryu’ was nothing, but a bad made doll in which the ninja gasp in shock. They look at the figure and Ayane to see Ryu going over to his sister. The figure then throws a shuriken and puts his hands into strange hand signs.

“Ninja Art: Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!”

Just then one shuriken becomes hundreds upon hundreds of shuriken and the ninja yell out in pain and agony as they are shredded into pieces in which both teens close their eyes and when they open their eyes, they see the remaining ninja are dead from the attack.

Ayane says, hopefully, “Ryu, we need…!!”

Ryu replies, knowing what his sister is thinking and crying as well as barely able to speak, “They’re all dead, Ayane-chan. Mommy fought them off with her powers, dad, Uncle Crow, Uncle Jack, and Uncle Leo bashed them, but one by one, they… they murdered all of them! They wanted the ‘Signers’ and they killed our mom, dad, and everyone that we loved when they refused to surrender!” Ayane can’t say a word with wide eyes and she then start to cry knowing that her family and closest friends are dead.

The figure tells them, plainly, “I am sorry for your loss and I blame myself. I was trying to figure what these people were up to, but they used a diversion and when I figured it out, it was too late. But I promise you that your family’s and loved one’s murder won’t go without justice.”

Ryu asks, holding his crying sister, “What do you mean? Didn’t you… punish our family’s killers?”

The figure replies, shaking his head, “They were just lackeys for the real one that ordered your family’s capture or destruction, young Ryu. However, they will not stop coming after you. Look at your arms.” Ryu looks at his arm and his sister’s arm in which he gasps to see his mother’s ‘Mark of the Dragon’ on her arm with his father’s Mark of the Dragon, the Crimson Dragon’s head, on his right arm. The figure tells them, “The instant that your parents died, their ‘Marks of the Dragon’ were passed onto you, two. You are the new ‘Signers’ and those that took your parents will stop at nothing to get their hands on you.”

Ryu asks, fearfully, “What do we do?”

The figure replies, “We need to get your family’s decks. The Five Dragon of the Crimson Dragon and Signers must not fall into evil hands and then I must send you off to a place where you can get powerful allies to stop this threat. With the deaths of the original protectors of New Domino City is just the start of a brand new danger to the whole world and you, two, are at the center of it. You need to be protected at all costs.” The figure then goes over and gathers the cards of the dueling decks of Yusei, Akiza, Crow, Luna, and Jack in which he also takes the cards of Leo as well. However, he notices that Red Nova Dragon (3500/3000) is missing and then he finds a mainly destroyed Synchro Monster card. The figure thinks, “This is not good. The seal on Red Nova has been broken with Jack’s death and the destruction of his Red Nova Dragon card, but I can sense some of its energies still sealed in Red Dragon Archfiend. This is going from bad to worse. Red Nova shall try to find a way to regain its lost power and only Jack, with the power of Burning Force, could seal it away. However, since it is weaker, there might be a chance to seal it without the legendary Signer’s power.” He puts the decks into card pouches of the dead Signers and Luna’s murdered brother in which he puts them in front of the siblings. The figure tells them, “You need to protect these with your lives.”

Ryu says, his face still wet with tears, “We… will.”

The figure tells Ryu, “Your duel disk?” Ryu points to his room and with super-speed, the figure rushes into Ryu’s room and comes out with his Duel Disk in which he puts it into his hands. The figure then moves his hands into multiple ninja hand signs and slams his hands into the floor causing dozens of Kanji and symbols to appear around the two siblings.

Ayane stops crying to see what’s happening and Ryu asks, confused, “What are you doing?”

The figure replies, plainly, “I need to get you out of here as soon as possible. I am sending you to place far away from here. This place is where these people came from, but it is also where you find powerful allies to aid you. However, you need to be wary since this land knows well the legend of the Crimson Dragon and the Signers. I’m sorry, but your lives are now too important. You are now the last of the ‘Signers’ since inheriting your parents’ Marks of the Dragon. I’ll try to find you and bring much of your stuff as possible, but your lives here… are over.”

Ayane asks, choking on her tears, “But how… why…?”

The figure replies, plainly, “I can’t answer on how, young Ayane-san. Or why Ayane-san, but you need to live. Both of you need to live, Ayane-san. All you have left is each other and you need to survive because the Signers are still needed. Live on for the sake of your lost loved ones and bring those that took their lives unjustly to justice, Ayane-san. And live to protect the world from what evils are coming. You are the children of two of the protectors of the planet and their successors and I know that you will survive. Farewell for now, Ryu Fudo and Ayane Fudo.”

“Ninja Art: Tunnel of Light Jutsu!”

The figure slams his hands into the ground and the symbols on the ground that appear glow in which Ryu and Ayane yelp as they and their possessions, the clothes that they have on right now, the original Signers’ dueling decks along with Leo’s deck, and their duel disks vanish into a beam of light which vanishes as quickly as it came.

The figure says, with a sigh, “I hope that they are all right. My jutsu isn’t as good as the Fourth Hokage of the Leaf Village, but it will get them into the area that they will find at least some form of safety. Good luck, you two, you will need it.”

(A short time later; Far away from New Domino City)

Right now, we find ourselves in an area filled with trees and grass where we find four people assembling together.

The first one is an adult male with silvery-white gravity defying spiky hair, blue ninja headband with a leaf engraved on the metal plate and the headband is position in a way to cover his left eye, blue mask over his mouth and nose, he has a green vest over a deep blue shirt, black fingerless fighting gloves, tight fitting blue pants, and blue open-toed sandals on his feet.

The next one is a teen male of the same age as Ryu and Ayane with spiky blond hair, blue eyes, same ninja headband on his forehead, three fox-like whisker marks on each of his cheeks, and he is wearing orange mixed with blue jumpsuit complete with jacket, pants, and blue open-toed sandals on his feet.

The third one is a girl that the same age as the blond haired male with long pink hair with the same headband as the two males across the top center portion of her scalp, green eye, and she is wearing a red qipao dress, tight dark green shorts, and blue open-toed sandals.

The final person is another male of the same age with wildly spiking black hair, black eyes, the same headband as the rest of the people with him, a blue short sleeved shirt with raised collar with a strange red and white fan-like symbol on the back of the shirt, white arm warmers, white shorts, and the same blue open-toed sandals as the rest of the people with them.

The adult male says, “All right, training starts now!”

The blond haired male replies, with an excited tone, “Right!”

The adult male says, “Today, we will review chakra, the basic source of the ninja’s power. Understanding chakra is essential.”

The black haired male says, plainly, “We know that, Kakashi.”

The blond haired male replies, with a nod, “That’s right! A long time ago, we learned about… cha… kre…”

The adult male tells the female, “Sakura?” The pink haired female known as Sakura then explains about chakra and its ‘connection’ to the ninja and his/her abilities.

When she is done, the adult male replies, “Right on all points, Sakura. Iruka did have some excellent students.”

The blond haired male asks, annoyed, “What’s the deal with these complicated explanations? The point is to learn new jutsu, right?”

The black haired male replies, “Naruto has a point. We are already using chakra in our jutsu.”

The adult male replies, “No, Sasuke. You haven’t mastered this power. You have barely scratched the surface of using chakra, Sasuke.”

The blond haired male, Naruto, asks, annoyed, “What do you mean?”

The adult male then says, “Calm down and I’ll explain, Naruto.” Soon enough, the adult male then explains about how to use chakra correctly and the exercise to help them controlling chakra: The tree walking exercise. This exercise involves them using chakra to allow them to ‘stick’ to a tree and walk up the surface of the tree which the adult male demonstrates. Soon after, the adult male explains about the point of the exercise and how it will benefit them. Afterwards, he says, throwing down three kunai knifes which land into the ground in front of them, “I could go on all day, but this won’t advance your skills, will it? Use the kunai to mark the highest point that you make it up the tree and then try to exceed it.” After they pick up the kunai, the male asks, plainly, “Ready?” But then a bright light appears and forces them to cover their eyes.

Sakura asks, stunned, “What is this light?”

Sasuke asks, seriously, “Is it Zabuza?” Just then they hear something like two people and things ‘thumping’ onto the ground and the light fades away soon after. The four ninja open their eyes to see an unconscious Ryu and Ayane on the ground with their duel disks and pouches for their family’s and loved one’s decks in front of them.

Naruto asks, stunned, “What… Who?”

Sakura says, with a stunned tone, “It’s a girl and boy! They look as old as we are!”

Sasuke says, with a plain tone, “This could be some kind of trick or Genjutsu.”

The adult male leaps down to the ground and he says, plainly, “I don’t think so, Sasuke.” The adult male, who is walking with the assistance of two large struts, goes over to the unconscious siblings and makes sure that they are still alive. But when he turns them over, he gasps to see the Marks of the Dragon on their right arms.

The adult male thinks in his mind, “I know those marks anywhere! I’ve seen them with Minato-sensei and any good ninja knows the Marks of the Crimson Dragon! But what are THEY doing here and how did THEY get here?”

Sakura asks, curiously, “What’s wrong, Kakashi-sensei?”

Kakashi says, with a serious tone, “I’m sorry, Sakura, but we will need to start our training a little later. We need to get these two into Tazuna’s house and to safety right now!”

Sasuke asks, plainly, “Why?”

Kakashi tells Sasuke, with a stern tone, “Don’t argue with me, Sasuke! I am your Jonin-sensei and that’s an order!” The three of them jump back in surprise while Sasuke mentally broods at Kakashi giving him an order, but immediately Naruto goes over to help through he adverts his eyes seeing that Ayane is wearing only pajamas in which Sakura supports her on her back while Naruto and Sasuke carry Ryu on their shoulders in which Kakashi gathers their Duel Disks and the dueling decks.

Naruto thinks in his mind, “What has got Kakashi-sensei so excited? Who are these two? And why and how did they make Kakashi-sensei go all ‘tough’ on us like that?” Soon enough, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura notice their ‘Marks of the Dragon’ on their right arms.

(A good time afterwards; within a nearby household)

Inside of what looks like a traditional Japanese household, we find Ryu and Ayane lying down on two mattresses and covered by a blankets with their duel disks and their lost loved one’s dueling decks in front of them.

Sakura asks Kakashi, “Kakashi-sensei, now that this is done! What has got you so serious about these two?”

Kakashi tells Sakura, “First of all, these two actually come from the outside world beyond the Elemental Countries.”

There are plenty of gasps and Sakura yells out, “You mean that they are from beyond the certain of mysterious mystical fog that separates us from the outside world?”

Kakashi says, with a nod, “Their strange devices are obvious of that Sakura. However, what’s more important about them is the marks on their arms. We, of the Elemental Countries, have few connections to the outside world including recent events, but we know and many times, respect, the ancient legends, myths, and stories because they have a major bases in fact or are real all together even through the rest of the world has forgotten them. The marks on these two’s arms show that they are ‘Signers’, bearers of the mark of the Crimson Dragon.”

Sasuke asks, curiously, “Signers? Crimson Dragon?” Soon enough, Kakashi explains about the Crimson Dragon, the ‘Signers’, and the war between Crimson Dragon, the Five Dragons, and Earthbound Immortals.

When he is done, Sakura says, stunned, “Wow, Kakashi-sensei. That’s scary.”

Kakashi says, with a nod, “And it really happened Sakura. The Crimson Dragon fought against the evil demons known as the Earthbound Immortals with aid from five mighty dragon warriors in an epic battle and sealed them away in the earth.”

Naruto says, with a sly grin, “How tough can these Earthbound whatever be, Kakashi-sensei? They don’t sound that tough.”

Kakashi tells Naruto, plainly, “We believe that each of them are just as powerful as the Nine-Tailed Fox, Naruto.” Naruto’s expression becomes solemn and shocked much like Sakura’s expression through Sasuke’s expression doesn’t change, but mentally, he is shocked.

Sakura says, stunned, “Each of them is powerful as the Kyuubi that attacked our village over a decade ago, Kakashi-sensei? I can’t believe it, Kakashi-sensei.”

Kakashi tells Sakura, “You will have to believe since fourteen years ago… they returned and started the war once again.”

More gasps and Naruto yells out, shocked, “Say what?!”

Kakashi then says, plainly, “This information is not to leave this room since the Fourth Hokage himself made it triple S-class information since he didn’t want to start a world-wide panic. Fourteen years ago, before the Kyuubi attack, there are many that sensed a dark evil aura coming from the outside world and the very balance of life on our world was being threatened. Even Jiraiya of the Sannin came to us told us and the Fourth Hokage managed to use the crystal ball that the Third Hokage uses to view what was happening in the outside world. We saw the possible end of our world in those moments. We saw the Earthbound Immortals and in those images, we felt their evil and overwhelming power. And trust me, they are no joke, Naruto.”

Naruto asks, curiously, “What happened?”

Kakashi says, with a plain tone, “Due to that overwhelming evil energy, we couldn’t see much of the battles, but we did catch images of a outside world city greatly damaged by them and finally, we saw their leader, the ruler of the demonic realm known as the Netherworld, nearly get revived and our world end. By at the last moment, the Crimson Dragon appeared and attack the evil entity, destroying him before he could destroy the world. And the Earthbound Immortals were just as powerful as the Nine-Tailed Fox, their leader, the Netherworld ruler, was much more powerful.”

Sakura says, nervously, “More powerful? Wow, Kakashi-sensei.”

After Sakura swallows a lot of air, Kakashi says, plainly, “On that day, we came to a hair’s length of the world ending and none of you coming into existence since we would be dead too. Since the Crimson Dragon was summoned, we believe that the Signers were assembled and call out the mighty protector of our planet in ages past to aid them. That’s why that this was made into a top class secret by the Fourth Hokage.”

Sasuke asks, looking at the Fudo twins, “Hold on, Kakashi! You said that this took place fourteen years ago, right? How can these two do that when they wouldn’t be even born at that time?”

Sakura says, with a nod, “That’s right, Kakashi-sensei! They look only as old as we are and you said that battle took place one year before they would be born.”

Kakashi says, nodding his head, “You are correct, Sakura. That can only mean that it was another group of Signers that fought in that battle and most likely, they weren’t that old. The basic conclusion is this: Something happened to that group of Signers just recently and something terrible.”

Naruto asks, stunned, “Something terrible?”

Kakashi says, pointing to the Fudo twins, “As you have obviously noticed, Naruto, they have only nighttime clothing on, but I also notice that they had scratches and certain other ‘marks’ on them. Marks that can only be made by someone grabbing and holding you down.”

Sasuke says, plainly, “You mean that they were attacked, right?”

Kakashi says, with a nod, “Correct, Sasuke. I don’t know what happened, but the Crimson Dragon passed down its powers to these two since something happened to its original group of five Signers. I don’t want to go into conclusions before these two wakes up, but something tells me that it was something horrible. Most likely, these two are connected to those Signers in some way and they inherited the ‘Marks of the Dragon’ that they weld now. However, we need to find out what happened when they get to their feet. But for now, I am adding these S-rank mission to the one that we have now: Protect these two ‘Signers’ and get them back to the Leaf Village at all costs.”

Sakura asks, stunned, “S-rank mission?”

Kakashi tells Sakura, “The ‘Signers’ are vital to keeping the balance of light and darkness in our world, Sakura. And something tells me that these two will be needed more than ever before. Remember, the Earthbound Immortals? They’re leader was defeated, but most likely, the Immortals were resealed in the earth and they were released before which means that it is possible that they can come out to cause havoc again. And no ninja… no mortal other than the ‘Signers’ can stop them. And the Immortals may not be the only threat. Plus, many in the Elemental Countries might seek out the power of the Crimson Dragon for their own selfish benefit and it is one of the greatest powers in the whole universe. I’ll take full responsibility for adding this mission and the Hokage and the ninja council shall completely understand. Actually, they would punish us if we didn’t take this mission.”

Sasuke tells Kakashi, with a snort, “Right, Kakashi.”

Kakashi tells Sasuke, plainly, “To reply to that, Sasuke: If you don’t protect the Signers, you will never get the chance to kill your ‘certain someone’ and the Hokage and ninja council will make sure of that and no force on our planet can help you stop that from happening. And that’s how serious that this is, Sasuke.”

Sasuke says, with an annoyed tone, “Fine, Kakashi.”

Sakura asks Kakashi, “What about our training, Kakashi-sensei? If we are going to get these two back and protect Tazuna from Zabuza, we are going to need to train.”

Kakashi tells Sakura, “I have showed you how to do the tree-climbing exercise, Sakura. For now, I shall leave that training to you and visit you to see how it is going. We’re going to need to divide up to protect the bridge builder and the Signers which is not a good idea considering our enemy, but if Zabuza learns about these two, he will not hesitate to kidnap them and find someone willing to pay for their capture or demise.”

Naruto says, with a grin, “Okay, Kakashi-sensei, you got it!” Just then two of them moan loudly and all four ninja look to see both of them moving around and sweating greatly until both of them wake up with loud gasps.

Ayane yells out, horrified, “Mommy! Daddy!” However, Ayane is surprised to see her surroundings change and Ryu and Ayane look at our four ninja in surprise.

Kakashi tells them, “Easy, we’re not here to hurt you.”

Ryu asks, nervously, “Who are you? And where are we?”

Kakashi tells them, “You are in place known as the Elemental Countries and it is far away from your home. Since you can speak our language, I suspect that you come from a country known as Japan, am I right?”

Ayane says, nodding her head, “That’s right.”

Sakura asks Kakashi, “Japan?”

Kakashi tells Sakura, “I learned a few things about the realm outside of our home, Sakura. Japan is a very large island nation that’s very similar to the Elemental Countries in language and culture at least.” Kakashi asks Ryu and Ayane, “And trust me, Japan is quite far away. In retrospect, you would believe that you are in another realm. Now, I believe that those ‘tattoos’ on your arms are the legendary ‘Marks of the Dragon’?”

Ryu and Ayane gasp in shock and Ryu asks, nervously, “How do you know about that?”

Kakashi tells them, “There are plenty of us, here, that know about the legends and myths of the Crimson Dragon and the People of the Stars. It is one of the few things that connect us to your part of the world.”

Ayane asks, curiously, “How did we get here?”

Sasuke says, with a plain tone, “You tell us. While we were training, a bright light appeared and when it was gone, you appeared in front of our eyes and in your current ‘condition’.”

Kakashi tells them, with a kind smile under his mask, “I think that we should start with introductions to break the ice. My name is Kakashi Hatake.”

Ryu says, plainly, “I’m Ryu… Ryu Fudo.”

Ayane says, weakly, “And I’m… Ayane… Ayane Fudo.”

Naruto says, with a grin, “Naruto Uzumaki, the Hokage of the Village! Believe it!”

Sakura says, with a smile, “I’m Sakura Haruno. It is nice to meet someone with hair like myself.”

Sasuke says, with a plain tone, “Sasuke Uchiha.”

Kakashi tells Ryu and Ayane, “May I ask what happened? From your current condition that we found you in, it must have been very traumatic experience.” The twins look at each other and something tells them that they can trust them in which they explain about themselves, their home, and what happened to them up to this point.

When they were done, Sakura and Naruto gave horrified look while Sasuke gives an impassive look in which Sakura says, shocked, “That’s horrible!”

Kakashi says, with a sigh, “It is as horrible as I feared.”

Ayane then starts to cry again and Ayane says, with a weak tone, “Why? Why did our parents and all of our family have to die? They didn’t do anything wrong! They saved the world twice!”

Kakashi goes over and he says, with a kind tone, “There are just some people that don’t care about other lives, just in getting what they want, Ayane-san. Most likely, they were after the power of the Crimson Dragon or something relate to the Crimson Dragon and the ‘Signers’.”

Sasuke asks, plainly, “What about this person that saved them? Do you know someone like him?”

Kakashi replies, plainly, “I have a theory, but I don’t want to jump to conclusions. However, I believe that this person cared for their welfare and the welfare of our world. With the original Signers that fought the Earthbound Immortals and this ‘Yliaster’ group before gone, the Crimson Dragon gave two of their children their ‘Marks of the Dragon’, so, hope wouldn’t die with them.”

Sakura asks, curiously, “Do you think that this ‘Yliaster’ that they told us about is responsible?”

Kakashi replies, plainly, “We can’t be sure, Sakura. However, Yliaster seems to be a powerful and influential group with great amounts of knowledge about the ancient past and I can believe that they know about the Elemental Countries and us, the people of our home, as well. They seem to have been destroyed with their ‘heads’ defeated with their infamous plan, but it doesn’t mean that the organization is dead.”

Naruto goes over to the twins and he says, with a smile, “Don’t worry, Ayane-san, we won’t let anything happen to you! We’ll take you home to our village where you’ll be safe and we’ll find who did this to your family!”

Ryu and Ayane look at Naruto and Ayane asks, curiously, “You will?”

Naruto says, with a foxy smile, “No joke, Ayane-san! Even if I have to do this myself, believe it!”

Sakura says, with a sigh, “Naruto, this is way bigger than even the whole of the Elemental Countries! We’re dealing with ancient forces that could be even beyond our understanding!”

Naruto replies, “I know that, Sakura-chan, but we can’t let their family’s death go unpunished! And these are ninjas from here! Someone here is after them and if we don’t find out what’s going on, our whole world might be in danger!”

Kakashi says, plainly, “Naruto has a point about that, Sakura. We can’t let these two lose their lives. Something big is happening and bigger than anything we known before. The death of their parents and the other ‘Signers’ before them is a sign and they are not good. Unless we help these two and help them get stronger, it is not only them, but every single person in the world that’s in danger.” Kakashi tells everyone, with a smile under his mask, “And besides, what kind of people would be if we abandon them like this?”

Ayane says, with a weak nod, “Thank you, Kakashi-san.”

Sasuke asks, plainly, “How will we do this, Kakashi?”

Kakashi says, with a plain tone, “For now, I think that we should take them with us to the training field to keep an eye on them when we restart our training. However, it is only after we get some good clothes. Tsunami-san will try to find clothes for both of them for the time being, but when we get, I will try to get Hokage-sama to arrange us for some funds. Remember, the ‘Signers’ are well-known and in many cases, well-respect, so, I’m sure that it won’t be a problem to get a few ‘donations’, everyone.”

The young teen ninja nod their heads in unison and Naruto asks them, pointing to the card pouches, “What are those devices? And what are in these pouches?”

Ayane replies, “They are… our family’s Duel Monster decks.”

Naruto yells out, excitedly, “Duel Monsters? That’s my favorite game in the whole world!”

Ryu asks, surprised, “You have Duel Monsters here?”

Sakura says, with a smile, “Of course! Years ago, a ship from the outside world found its way to the Elemental Countries and it belonged to Industrial Illusions. From there, it was quite obvious that Maxamillion Pegasus traded with us and starts a branch here in the Elemental Countries. It is one of the few things from your part of the world that comes into the Elemental Countries. It became a popular hit and Industrial Illusions makes sure that we are up to date with the latest cards. There are plenty of people that play Duel Monsters and it is the one thing that gives fun in our ninja lifestyle so to speak.”

Naruto asks, looking at the twins’ Duel Disks, “But what are these things?”

Ayane says, with a sigh, “Our custom made Duel Disks that dad made, Naruto-san.”

Naruto asks, curiously, “Duel what?”

Ryu says, with a plain tone, “You play Duel Monsters and you don’t know about Duel Disks? I guess that kind of technology didn’t get out here.”

Kakashi says, plainly, “We don’t allow much of your world come into ours, Ryu-san.” As Naruto and Sakura began to talk to the Fudo twins, Kakashi thinks in his mind, “Even if we complete this mission with the Tazuna and his bridge, there is going to be new problems to come especially with these young Signers. If words gets out, there are plenty of people that will panic or try to get their hands on these two to gain control of the power of the Crimson Dragon which is said to be one of the most powerful entities that this world has ever seen. Not even the Nine-Tailed Fox could compare to its great power. And something tells me that the death of their family is just the start of a greater war.”

(Days later; Elsewhere)

In another part of the Elemental Countries near the Land of Waves, we find ourselves within some kind of secret hideout where we find a black haired, brown eye adult male with bandages around his nose and mouth, black muscle shirt, dark baggy pants, and open-toed sandals sitting up in a large bed in his bedroom.

This male thinks in his mind, “How long will it take Haku to get what I need?” Just then he hears footsteps and he looks to see a short fat-man in a business suit enter the room in which the male asks, seriously, “What do you want Gato?”

The fat man replies, slyly, “Just to tell you that a client of mine has informed me that two people of interested to my client has been spotted with the group of the ninja that’s protecting the bridge builder. However, my client has already sent someone to take care of them. He won’t interfere with your work, but I need to tell you that my client wants them alive, so, the ‘agent’ that they sent will stay out of your way and you can stay out of his way, Zabuza.”

The male, Zabuza, replies, with a snort, ‘That’s fine by me. Who is this person?”

Gato replies, with a sly grin, “He is right here.” Just then none other than Titan of the Shadow Riders appears in this room.

Titan tells Zabuza, “So, you are the infamous Zabuza of this land? My name is Titan and I come from what you call ‘beyond the certain’.”

Zabuza asks, stunned, “The world beyond the Elemental Countries?”

Titan says, with a nod, “Indeed, my friend.”

Zabuza then gains a sly smile under his ‘mask’ of bandages and he replies, slyly, “Interesting.”

Gato says, with a sly tone, “He is no ninja, but let’s just says that he has his own ‘special talents’. Now, I’ll leave you two to your work and remember, I don’t tolerate failure from either of you.” Soon enough, Gato walks away and leave the former Shadow Rider and ninja alone in the room.

Zabuza tells Titan, “I can tell that you have a strange energy inside of you and I know that it isn’t chakra.”

Titan tells Zabuza, slyly, “I’m not surprised that you noticed, Zabuza. Tell me: What do you know about the ‘Shadow Games’?”

(On the meanwhile; Near Tazuna’s home)

In the trees and grass outside of Tazuna’s home, we find someone that’s the Fudo twin’s age with straight long black hair, which was just about to the length of this person’s shoulder blades, with pale skin and brown eyes. This person has a feminine appearance especially wearing a pink kimono and this person is gathering herbs and such from the ground. This person looks ahead to see Ryu and Ayane, both of whom are wearing some plain clothing instead their PJs, sitting down with Naruto on his back, covered in a blanket, and sleeping deeply.

Ayane says, with a sigh, “Kakashi-san told him not to work so hard.”

Ryu says, with a smile, “He is kind of like our dad, Ayane-chan.” Ayane and Ryu sigh at the memory of their dead family in which a few tears comes to Ayane’s eyes. Just then they hear the person in the kimono and they turn to face this person.

Ayane asks, curiously, “Who are you?”

The person replies, with a high voice, “No one in particular. Has your friend been out here all night? He might catch a cold.”

Ryu says, with a nod, “Naruto-san trained himself to exhaustion. When he found him last night, we made sure that he got the blankets that he need.”

The person asks them, “Trained, huh? He is a ninja right?”

Ayane says, with a nod, “That’s right…”

The person replies, with a smile, “Just call me Haku.” When Haku looks at them, this feminine looking person gasps to see Ayane’s and Ryu’s ‘Marks of the Dragon’. Haku thinks, stunned, “Those are…!!”

Naruto groans as he slowly wakes up and he says, as he sits up and in a groggy tone, “What…?”

Ayane says, with a smile, “About time, sleepyhead!”

Ryu says, with a sigh, “You slept here all night. You would have caught cold if we didn’t give you a blanket.”

Naruto says, looking at the blanket covering, “Oops, I guess that I overdid it.”

Ayane says, with a smile, “I’ll say, Naruto.”

Naruto asks, looking at Haku, “Who is this?”

Ryu says, with a smile, “This is Haku. We met her when she came around, Naruto.”

Haku tells Naruto, “Nice to meet you, Naruto. I overheard your name.”
Naruto says, with a nod, “Right.”

Ayane asks Haku, “Anyway, what are you doing here Haku?”

Haku tells Ayane, “I’m gathering herbs for healing purposes.”

Ryu asks, curiously, “For who?”

Haku replies, plainly, “A friend.”

Ryu replies, with a curious tone, “I see, Haku.”

Haku asks Naruto, “So, you are a ninja?”

Naruto says, with a grin, “So you noticed, huh?”

Haku asks Naruto, “You must be training, hard? What for?”

Naruto replies, “To improve my skills and become stronger!”

Haku tells Naruto, “You seem strong enough already, isn’t that enough?”

Naruto says, shaking his head, “No, Haku-san! I need to become even stronger to become the best ninja of my village!”

Haku asks Naruto, “So, you are doing all this training for yourself?”

Naruto asks, curiously, “Huh?”

Haku asks Naruto, “Isn’t there someone precious to you?”

Naruto asks, curiously, “What do you mean?”

Haku replies, “You see, Naruto-san, when someone has someone or something precious to protect then they gain true strength and become truly strong.”

Ayane says, with a nod, “We know what you are saying. Real strength doesn’t come from raw power. It comes from the heart. Our family and friends had each other and we would fight not only for ourselves, but for each other and for the innocent.”

Haku asks Ayane and Ryu, “It sounds like your family are warriors of some sort.”

Ryu says, with a solemn tone, “Kind of, Haku-chan. But they are…”

Haku says, with a solemn tone, “I see, Ryu-san.” Haku asks Ryu and Ayane, “So, does that mean that you are out for revenge?” Ryu and Ayane looks at Haku and Haku tells them, “Revenge will never solve anything and it will only lead into pain, sorrow, and endless cycle of more pain, more hate, and more anger. If you fight for anything, never fight for revenge or in the end, it will destroy you and everyone around you. What you should seek is justice and ensure that whoever took your family and precious one’s lives never has the chance even if it means destroying them, but if you need to destroy these ‘evil people’, don’t kill them for revenge or you will be no better than they are.”

Ayane says, amazed, “Wow, Haku-san! You are really smart!”

Haku tells Ayane, with a kind smile, “Not really, Ayane-san. Let’s just say that I know a few things, okay?” Haku then gets up to leave and tells the three, “Naruto-san, you have the potential to become strong. Very strong. And Ryu-san and Ayane-san, something tells me that two of you will find your way.”

Ryu tells Haku, “Thanks, Haku-chan.”

As Haku walks away, Haku says, “By the way, I’m a boy.”

Ryu and Naruto yell out in unison, shocked, “What?!”

Ayane tells Haku, shaking her head, “No, you are not. You try to act like a ‘girly boy’, but you are a girl. I can tell from the way that you walk.” Haku gives a look of surprise and she says, as Naruto looks at her surprise and with a sigh, “Daddy taught me to see such things in and out of dueling. He always taught both of us to see details.”

Haku tells Ayane, “Your father was a wise man. Who was he?”

Ayane says, with a solemn tone, “His name was Yusei Fudo and our mom’s name was Akiza Fudo. We’re from New Domino City what you people call the ‘outside world’.” Haku’s eyes widen at Ayane’s statement.

Haku tells Ayane, “Interesting, Ayane-san. I’m glad that you told me and I’m glad that we met.” Haku then walks away and she passes by Sasuke, who is going out to get Naruto, who looks at her intently as she passes by.

(Later on; Rejoining Zabuza)

Getting back to Zabuza, we find him with Haku, who has her hair tied up in a ponytail, a ninja headband with waves engraved onto the headband, a dark green-brown sweater under a dark blue robe, dark green-brown shorts, and open-toed sandals, in which Haku watches Zabuza crush an apple into pieces.

Haku tells Zabuza, “You are recovering nicely, Zabuza-sama.”

Zabuza tells Haku, plainly, “Just a little longer, Haku.”

Haku says, with a nod, “Right, Zabuza-sama.”

Zabuza tells Haku, after looking around, “The information that you have told is indeed... ‘interesting’ to say the least. That scum, Gato, didn’t say anything not knowing how I would react to the information.”

Haku asks Zabuza, “What should we do about the two ‘Signers’?”

Zabuza tells Haku, with a sly tone, “Nothing, Haku. We’ll focus on our mission. If they are who they are supposed to be, they will take care of our new ‘associate’ by themselves.”

Haku asks, curiously, “They have made friends with the ninja protecting the bridge builder and they are the children of a ‘Psychic Duelist’ which we only heard rumors of since we don’t have the technology that the outside world does concerning Duel Monsters. What if they are true?”

Zabuza says, with a smirk, “I really don’t believe much in that mumbo jumbo about making monsters come to life even through I respect the legend of the ‘Signers’ and ‘Crimson Dragon’. Unless you have powers like that, I won’t believe that a person can make monsters on cards come to life, Haku. However, if they have such power, I’ll leave them to you. I know that you won’t kill them, but I’m making it an order just to disable them. They also might prove useful against that rotten Fourth Mizukage.”

Haku says, with a nod, “As you wish, Zabuza-sama.”

(Sometime later; Elsewhere in Wave Country)

Right now, we find Kakashi, Sakura, Sasuke, Ryu, and Ayane with an elderly man wearing glasses gasping as they see a group of workers on the ground and unconscious on a unfinished bridge.

The elder man yells out, “What happened here? Someone was here! Someone got to them!”

Kakashi thinks in her mind, “Could it be…?!” Just then a mysterious and thick mist surrounds them and Kakashi thinks, shocked, “This mist…!!” Kakashi yells out, “Sasuke! Sakura! Get ready! Ryu-sama, you and your sister need to be with Tazuna and all three of you must stay behind us!” Immediately, Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura assembled around the old man and the Fudo twins in which the elder man looks behind them while the three ninja cover the other points. Kakashi says, “I knew that he was still alive. He couldn’t wait for round two.”

Sakura tells them, “Kakashi-sensei, this is Zabuza isn’t it?! This is his Hidden Mist Jutsu!”

Just then Zabuza’s voice rings out, “Sorry to keep you waiting Kakashi! I see that you have those brats with you and looks like you have two new brats as well!” We can see Sasuke’s arm shaking and Zabuza’s voice rings out, “It looks like that one is still trembling! Pitiful!” Just then they are surrounded by close to half a dozen Zabuza, but Sasuke smiles at this causing Zabuza to be confused.

Sasuke says, slyly, “I’m trembling with excitement.”

Kakashi says, slyly, “Go on, Sasuke.” Sasuke then attacks every Zabuza, slashing them, and revealing all of them are made of water.

Sasuke thinks in his mind, “I can see it!”

Zabuza’s voice says, “So, you can see that they were just water clones!” Everyone looks to see Zabuza, Haku, wearing a mask over her face, and Titan coming in behind them. Zabuza tells Haku, “It seems like you have a rival Haku.”

Haku says, with a nod, “I agree, Zabuza-sama.”

Zabuza asks Titan, “Are those the two brats that Gato wants you to get?”

Titan says, with a nod, “Indeed, Zabuza. I shall take it from here.”

Zabuza says, with a grin, “Do you really think that you can take on a ‘Signer’ even if they are just brats?!” Titan looks at Zabuza in surprise and he says, with a sly tone, “Do you think that I wouldn’t be a fool that I wouldn’t find out about them? I won’t interfere, but if these brats are as good as I think, I won’t expect you back anytime soon.”

Titan tells Zabuza, with a smirk, “We shall see, Zabuza.”

Kakashi says, with a plain tone, “So, it was all an act after all? I was right.”

The old man says, with a snort, “So, being a hunter ninja protecting his village was just bull!”

Kakashi states, with a plain tone, “They look pretty chummy to me. And hiding behind a mask, who does he think he is?”

Sakura says, with a giggle, “Speak for yourself, sensei.”

Sasuke says, with a plain tone, “He is mine.” When Sakura looks at Sasuke, surprised, he says, “Who does he think he is? Hiding behind that mask. I’ll take him down.”

Kakashi tells Zabuza, looking at Titan, “He doesn’t look like a ninja, Zabuza. And something tells me that bring brute is after our new friends.”

Zabuza tells Kakashi, “Do you think that you can hide the ‘Signers’ for too long, Kakashi? Sooner or later, people are going to come after them. The power of the Crimson Dragon is legendary and there are those in the ninja world that want them.”

Titan steps forward and he says, “Now, Ryu and Ayane Fudo, it would be in your best interest to come with me… for the sake of your health.”

Ryu says, with a serious tone, “No way, pal!”

Zabuza tells Titan, “I am supposed to stay out of your way, but let’s keep our target separate, shall we?” Zabuza tells Haku, “Haku, it is time for the next move.”

Haku says, with a nod, “Right, Zabuza-sama.” Soon enough, Haku spins around like a twist and heads straight for the others causing them to be surprised, but Sasuke manages to block an attack from Haku with his senbon needle with a kunai.

Zabuza thinks in his mind, “So, the brat can keep up with Zabuza’s speed, huh?”

Kakashi tells Sakura, “Sakura, protect Tazuna and the Signers! Sasuke will handle this!”

Just then Titan’s voice calls out, “I think not!” Everyone looks to see Titan right by the Signers and Tazuna in which he grabs both of them and throws them to the side in which Tazuna, the old man, tries to attack, but Titan easily slaps him aside as he goes over to the Fudo twins.

Sakura thinks in her mind, stunned, “He is no ninja! How did he get to us so fast?!”

Zabuza thinks in his mind, “So, this person has more surprises than I thought! He didn’t use chakra or jutsu, but something tells me that he is no ordinary human.”

As Titan goes over to the two twins, Ryu says, getting to his feet and displaying his duel disk, “Ayane-chan, you need to get to the others! I’ll take care of this jerk!”

Ayane tells Ryu, concerned, “But bro!”

Ryu tells Ayane, “Sis, you have inherited our mom’s powers and you have control over them since the day that they came out! I don’t have mom’s powers, but you do! You can bring out real monsters to help!”

Titan says, with a smirk, “So, it is true! She is a ‘Psychic Duelist’, a real breed of duelist with powerful telekinetic or other mental abilities including the ability to inflict real damage in Duel Monsters or in short, bring the cards to life without magical powers.”

Ayane asks, stunned, “How do you know that?”

Titan replies, slyly, “I know many things, my dear. And by the time this duel is done, my client shall be pleased with my work.”

Ryu tells him, seriously, “I don’t think so! Let’s duel!” Ayane then runs back to the other while Ryu and Titan prepare their duel disks.

Titan tells Ryu, “Prepare to experience the power of the Shadow Realm!” Titan then reveals that his mask has a Millennium Symbol sideways on it and it glows in which the two of them become surrounded by a strange dark mist.

Ryu asks, stunned, “What is this?”

Titan says, with a sinister smile, “This boy is the power of the Shadow Realm! And there is more to this duel than your life-points on the line! Your very being is at stake!” Soon enough, the two of them activate their duel disk, their dueling decks are shuffled, and they draw five cards as their life-points counters display 4000 life-points for each duelist.

“Game on!” Ryu and Titan yell out in unison as their duel begins.

Starting Scores:
Ryu: 4000
Titan: 4000

Titan says, drawing a card, “I shall start out this duel!” Titan says, putting a card into his Field Spell slot, “I play my Pandemonium Field Spell card!” Just then the field around the two duelists transform into a field filled with bones and a small pool of molten lava in the center in which Titan says, with a smirk, “Now, I don’t need to pay any life-points for my Archfiend cards and when they are destroyed outside of a battle, I get to put another into my hand as long as it is weaker than the one destroyed!” Titan says, putting one card on his duel disk, “And now, I play my Archfiend General in attack mode!” Immediately, Archfiend General (2100/800) appears on the field in attack mode. Titan says, putting one card into the spell/trap slots, “I shall end with a face-down!” Titan thinks in his mind, slyly, “Now, try and get me boy!”

Ryu says, drawing a card, “It’s my move!” Ryu says, discarding one card from his hand, “I discard one monster from my hand to play my Quickdraw Synchron in attack mode!” Immediately, Quickdraw Synchron (700/1400) appears on the field in attack mode. Ryu says, putting one card into the spell/trap slots, “Then I play my One for One spell card! By discarding one monster from my hand, I can play one level one monster from my deck!” Ryu discards Quillbolt Hedgehog (800/800) monster card and he yells out, putting a card from his deck on his duel disk, “And I chose Tuningware!” Just then Tuningware (100/300) appears on the field in attack mode. Ryu says, seriously, “And since the monster that I discarded with my Quillbolt Hedgehog, he returns to the field since I have a Tuner on the field!” Immediately, Quillbolt Hedgehog (800/800) appears on the field in attack mode. Ryu yells out, “And now, I tune my Quickdraw with my Hedgehog and my Tuningware!” Quickdraw Synchro turns into five stars which turn into five rings that surround Quillbolt and Tuningware causing them to become transparent and Ryu chants out, “Clustering warrior spirits will bring out the raging deity, become the path the light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Let’s rev it up, Junk Destroyer!” A column of light appears on the field and Ryu puts a Synchro Monster card from his Extra deck on his duel disk in which Junk Destroyer (2600/2500) appears on the field in attack mode. Ryu thinks in his mind, “This was my dad’s deck and I will use with honor as his successor! This one is for you dad!” Ryu says, with a serious tone, “Now, Tuningware allows me to draw a card from my deck when used for a Synchro Summon!”

Ryu draws a card and Titan says, with a smirk, “You are going to need it, boy!”

Ryu says, with a serious tone, “You are going to need more cards since Junk Destroyer destroys a number of your cards equal to the amount of non-Tuner monsters that were used to bring out my Junk Destroyer!”

Titan yells out, stunned, “What?!” Just then a wave of energy comes in destroy the Field spell and Titan’s face-down card while Archfiend General is destroyed as well.

Ryu says, with a smirk, “I knew that your General can’t stay on the field without your field spell, so, I took out three cards for the price of two!” Ryu yells out, strongly, “Junk Destroyer, direct attack with Destroy Knuckle!” Junk Destroyer unleashes multiple energy fists that slam into Titan and cause him actual pain as well as cause a stream of violet energy to leave his body as he loses 2600 life-points.

Ryu gives a surprised look and Titan says, with a smirk, “Not bad, boy! But as you can see, in this Shadow Game, not only is the damage real, but our very life energy is drained with every point!”

Ryu yells out, stunned, “Are you nuts?!”

Titan says, with a sinister smile, “This is the nature of the Shadow Realm, boy! I should know! I’ve been there for decades! And now, you shall experience the pain and despair as I drain you down to nothing!”

Ryu says, putting one card into the spell/trap slots, “Not while I still have cards, jerk! I play my Mirage of Nightmare!” Ryu says, putting two cards into the spell/trap slots, “Then I end with two cards face-down!”

Current Score:
Ryu: 4000
Titan: 1600

Titan says, drawing a card, “It’s my turn, boy!”

Ryu says, drawing four cards, “And I draw four cards due to my Mirage of Nightmare!” Ryu says, pushing a button on his duel disk, “Then I activate my Emergency Provisions spell card!” Ryu’s face-down card is revealed to be the Emergency Provisions Quick-Play spell card and Ryu says, with a serious tone, “With this card, I destroy a number of cards on my field and I gain one thousand life-points for every card destroyed by this card! I choose my Mirage of Nightmare!” Ryu’s Mirage of Nightmare continuous spell card hologram vanishes from the field and Ryu’s life-points increase by 1000 points.

Titan tells Ryu, with a smirk, “Not bad, boy! However, you are not the only one to draw cards!” Titan puts a card into the spell/trap slots and he yells out, “I play Pot of Greed and draw two more cards!” Titan draws two more cards and he yells out, putting one card into the spell/trap slots, “I activate my Ritual of the Matador spell card!” Titan discards his Skull Archfiend of Lightning (2500/1200) monster card and he calls out, putting a Ritual monster card on his duel disk, “And I play my Archfiend Matador in attack mode!” Immediately, Archfiend Matador (0/0) appears on the field in attack mode. Titan calls out, “Now, Archfiend Matador attacks Junk Destroyer!”

Ryu asks, stunned, “But my monster is far stronger than yours, pal!”

Titan says, with a smirk, “But my monster can’t be destroyed in battle and I take no battle damage! However, your monster is destroyed!” Ryu gasps as Junk Destroyer counterattacks, but Archfiend Matador destroys Junk Destroyer. Titan puts two cards into the spell/trap slots and he says, “I’ll end my with these cards!”

Ryu says, drawing a card, “It’s my turn now!” Ryu says, putting one card on his duel disk, “I play my Shield Warrior in defense mode!” Just then Shield Warrior (800/1600) appears on the field in defense mode. Ryu says, putting two cards into the spell/trap slots, “I end my turn with two cards face-down!”

Titan says, drawing a card, “How desperate, boy!” Titan draws a card and yells out, pushing a button on his duel disk, “I play my Ancient Rules spell card!” One of Titan’s face-down card is revealed to be the Ancient Rules spell card and he yells out, with a sinister grin, “This card allows me to play a level five or higher Normal monster from my hand!” Titan says, putting the card that he drew on his duel disk, “And I choose my Summoned Skull in attack mode!” Just then Summoned Skull (2500/1200) appears on the field in attack mode. Titan yells out, strongly, “Matador Archfiend, attack his monster!”

As Matador Archfiend prepares to move in, Ryu says, pushing a button on his duel disk, “I play my Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!” Ryu’s face-down card is revealed to be the Scrap-Iron Scarecrow trap card and he says, with a serious tone, “Thanks to this card, I can stop your attack right in its tracks!”

Titan says, pushing a button on his duel disk, “Not if I play my Trap Jammer first, boy!” Titan’s other face-down card is revealed to be the Trap Jammer counter trap card and he says, with a smirk, “Due to this card, your trap is negated and destroyed since you played it in a Battle Phase!” Ryu yelps as his trap card is destroyed in which Matador Archfiend uses his ability to destroy Shield Warrior. Titan yells out, “Now, Summoned Skull, attack him directly!” Summoned Skull unleashes a blast of his lightning and Ryu yells out in pain as he is shocked and his energy drained in the form of blue energy stream from his body while he loses 2500 life-points. Titan says, with a grin, “That’s enough for now.”

Current Score:
Ryu: 2500
Titan: 1600

Ryu says, drawing a card, “It’s my turn, Titan!” Ryu says, putting one card into the spell/trap slots, “I place one card face-down and end my turn.”

Titan says, drawing a card, “Is that all, boy?!” Titan calls out, putting one card into the spell/trap slots, “I play my Heavy Storm spell card and destroy all cards on your field!”

As a massive wind storm strikes the field, Ryu says, pushing a button on his duel disk, “I activate my Starlight Road trap card!” Just then Ryu’s face-down card is revealed to be the Starlight Road trap card and Ryu says, with a serious tone, “Since you played a card that will destroy two or more cards on the field, my trap card negates your card and allows me to play my dad’s ultimate monster!”

Titan calls out, stunned, “Oh no!”

His spell card is negated and Ryu yells out, putting a Synchro Monster card from his Extra deck on his duel disk, “Let’s rev it up, Stardust Dragon!” A whirlwind comes onto the field and Stardust Dragon (2500/2000) appears on the field in attack mode. As Stardust Dragon flies up, the sparkles of stardust that Stardust Dragon creates causes the mist that Zabuza created in which everyone else notices in which Naruto, who has just arrived at the battlefield in his usual fashion, and Sasuke, who are trapped inside of a dome of ice mirrors with Haku inside of the ice mirrors also looks at it.

Naruto asks, confused, “What is that?”

Sasuke replies, plainly, “You are asking me, Dobe?”

However, Ayane knows and she thinks, amazed, “Ryu just summoned dad’s prized monster: Stardust Dragon!” As an image of Yusei Fudo, her father, and her mother, Akiza, comes into her mind, Ayane thinks, as she sees her ‘Mark of the Dragon’ glowing, “Dad, you and mom would be proud of Ryu-kun now.”

Returning to the duel, we find Ryu’s ‘Mark of the Dragon’ that he inherited from his dad, Yusei, glowing as well, Titan tells Ryu, seriously, “My Matador Archfiend shall take care of him!”

As Matador Archfiend attacks Stardust Dragon and prepares to use his special ability, Ryu yells out, strongly, “I activate my Stardust Dragon’s special ability! By releasing him, I can negate your monster’s ability and send him packing!” Stardust Dragon turns into a shower of stardust that negates Matador Archfiend’s ability and destroys the monster. Ryu yells out, strongly while pushing a button on his duel disk, “And now, I play Cosmic Blast!” Ryu’s face-down card is revealed to be the Cosmic Blast trap card and he yells out, “Now, since a Dragon type Synchro Monster has left the field, you take damage equal to its attack points and that’s over two thousand for you, jerk!”

Titan yells out, stunned, “It can’t be! How can I lose to brat like you even if you are a ‘Signer’?!”

Ryu calls out, strongly, “I’m not just a ‘Signer’! I’m the son of Yusei Fudo, one of the greatest duelists of all time! And I won’t give up until my sister’s and my family’s murders are found and brought to justice to make sure that they never hurt anyone again! Stardust, you know what to do!” Just then an image of Stardust Dragon appears on the field and unleashes of wave of energy at Titan who yells out in shock and horror as he loses 2500 life-points and the duel.

Final Score:
Ryu: 2500
Titan: 0

With the end of the duel, dark shadows come out from the ground and Titan yells out as they drag him into the shadows. Ryu, having traits of his father, wants to help, but he knows that there is nothing that he can do as Titan is dragged into the shadows. Soon enough, the shadows clear away and Ryu is out.

Ryu thinks in his mind, with a sigh, “Wherever you are dad, I hope that you and mom are happy and proud of me!” Just then Sakura’s scream rings out and on instinct alone, he run towards the source. However, at the source, we find Zabuza being held back by deep violet thorn vines from none other than Black Rose Dragon (2400/1800).

Zabuza yells out, “What?!”

Kakashi says, looking at Ayane, who has her duel disk activated and her mother’s Black Rose Dragon Synchro monster card on her duel disk, “But how? Wait, Ayane! You must be…!!”

Ayane says, with a nod, “I’m a Psychic Duelist, just like my mother, with the power to make monster attacks very much real! Black Rose Dragon, attack him and show him what I mean!” Black Rose Dragon roars as it pushes Zabuza back and slashes him with his thorn filled vines in which one manages to make contact cutting his left arm and drawing blood. Black Rose Dragon then unleashes its Black Rose Flare attack and blocks it with his blade using chakra to hold back the attack, but the strength of it manages to push him back.

Zabuza says, with a sly tone, “The power to make Duel Monsters real through some kind of ‘mental powers’, young Signer. So, the rumors are true.”

Sakura asks, perplexed, “Mental powers?”

Soon after, Zabuza leaps back into the mist and Ayane says, with a sigh, “It is a long story, Sakura-san.”

Kakashi tells Sakura, “I’ll help later, but we have work to do and this development makes it more important to protect her since such power will be craved by people in our world.” Kakashi then immediately takes a bit of Zabuza’s blood and prepares to put it on scroll that he takes out when he senses a powerful and sinister aura coming from nearby. Kakashi thinks in his mind, stunned, “This chakra… Oh no, did the seal break?! No, the seal has weakened, but it hasn’t broken! I need to work fast!” Kakashi calls out, “Why don’t we finish this now, Zabuza? We are both busy people after all!”

Zabuza’s voice calls out from the mist, “Very tempting, Kakashi.”

Just then Ryu runs up to them and he yells out, “Ayane!”

Ayane calls out, happily, “Ryu!” Ryu runs over to his sister and she embraces him.

Ryu tells Ayane, “Don’t worry, sis. That Titan guy is gone. He fought me in some kind of ‘Shadow Duel’ and… you know the stories.”

Ayane says, with a nod, “I wish that it didn’t happen, but I’m glad that you are okay, bro.”

On the meanwhile, Kakashi goes through hand signs with the scroll in his hands and yells out, “Ninja Art: Summoning Jutsu! Earth Style: Fang Pursuit Jutsu!” Kakashi slams the scroll onto the ground and kanji letters flow into the ground.

Zabuza’s voice calls out, “I don’t see what’s the point! Your jutsu is no use if you can’t find me, but I can find you! I think that you are right, Kakashi! It is time to end this!” As Zabuza prepares the attack, he hears a rumbling and then dogs with capes come out of the ground in which Zabuza cries out as the dogs attack him with fangs.

Tazuna asks, concerned, “What is that dreadful noise?”

Sakura replies, nervously, “I don’t know, Tazuna-san. And I don’t think that I want to find out.” On the meanwhile, Ryu and Ayane are with Kakashi as he explains about how he got him using his ninja dogs through he says that he wanted to use his blood through Ayane’s Black Rose Dragon allowed him to use Zabuza’s blood to track him through the smell of blood from the cut that her dragon gave him.

When he is done and with Zabuza’s retorts, Kakashi yells out, “Enough talk, Zabuza! It is time to end this, but not with Sharingan or an imitation of another ninja’s jutsu! It is time that I introduce you to my own jutsu!”

“Lightning Blade!”

Kakashi then slams his hand into his ground as electric energy surges into his right hand and Zabuza thinks, shocked, “His chakra is so strong that it is visible and he is holding it in his hand!”

Kakashi tells Zabuza, “I won’t let you stop Tazuna! He is a noble man with a noble dream! You are like a disease, Zabuza! Infecting people as whole and not caring at what you do! This is not the shinobi way!”

Zabuza says, with a sneer, “I don’t care, Kakashi! These little people and their little lives mean nothing to me! I have a dream of my own!”

Kakashi tells Zabuza, “To have a dream, you need to have a future! You don’t, Zabuza! The bridge builder nor the ‘Signers’ shall be yours! You shall not destroy his dream or use the ‘Signers’ for your own gains! The power of the Crimson Dragon is an entity that uses its power to protect and nourish humanity which you won’t be allowed to abuse!” Kakashi then charges in to impale Zabuza with the attack, but then an ice mirror appears nearby in which Haku, her mask gone, comes out of in which Ayane sees Haku much to her shock.

Ayane thinks in her mind, stunned, “Haku-chan?!” Ayane yells out, strongly, “Black Rose Dragon!” Black Rose Dragon roars out as it unleashes it vines in which before Kakashi’s attack could hit, Black Rose Dragon’s vines slam into Haku forcing her aside allowing Kakashi’s attack to strike home impaling him right through the heart! After this, the ninja dogs vanished and Zabuza coughs out blood that splatters his bandage mask.

Haku yells out, horrified, “Zabuza-sama!”

Kakashi says, plainly, “Game over, Zabuza.” He removes his hand and he collapses to the ground while Ryu and Ayane go over to Haku.

Haku asks, stunned and angry, “What have you done?!”

Ryu asks, seriously, “What have we done? What are you doing here?”

Haku replies, plainly, “I am Zabuza’s tool. His weapon to fulfill his dream and now, I have nothing thanks to you.”

Ayane replies, shaking her head, “You have your life which I stopped you from throwing away.”

Haku says, plainly, “For taking Zabuza-sama, you have taken my life anyway! He was my purpose! He gave me purpose and without him, I have nothing. I am nothing.”

Ryu yells out, “That’s bull, Haku-chan!”

Haku doesn’t respond, but Zabuza groans out, weakly, “Haku…”

Haku says, looking at Zabuza, “Zabuza-sama…”

Zabuza replies, as he is dying, “You have served me well… you have made me proud… out of everyone that I worked us… you have earned my truth… in fact, I would never admit it… to ensure that you don’t have weakness… to ensure your survival… you were like my child… if you wish for purpose… then let your purpose be this… protect the ‘Signers’… ensure that whatever mission that they need to fulfill… it is fulfilled… and even after… protect them until your dying day… this is… my final order… and my final gift… you are no longer bound to me… you have fulfill your duty to me… beyond anything that I asked for… Haku… honor my dying words…”

Haku says, weakly, “Zabuza-sama…”

By this time, the mist has receded and Gato’s voice calls out, “So that’s it, huh?” Everyone looks to the source to see Gato at the end of the unfinished bridge with around several dozen or more armed thugs behind him. Gato says, with a sneer, “You disappoint me, Zabuza. You are supposed to be the ‘Demon of the Mist’, huh? Ha! You look as demonic as a wet kitten!” The goons laugh at him. Gato says, looking at everyone, “Kill everyone by the pink haired girl in the red dress, Zabuza’s bitch, and the other pink haired girl with the guy with black hair. He is her brother. My client wants the two of them alive and the other two… I could use a few more girls to tame.”

Naruto says, angrily, “You sick piece of work…!”

Ayane says, putting a card on her duel disk which was deactivated after Kakashi’s attack lethally hits Zabuza, “No, you won’t!” Just then Black Rose Dragon (2400/1800) reappears and gives out a mighty roar.

Gato and his thugs panic and one of them yells out, “What is that?!” Just then Black Rose Dragon uses its vines to violently grab and throw/drop the thugs into the water.

Another thug yells out, shocked, “It’s a monster! A real monster!” Soon enough, panic sets in and the thugs struggle to get away as quickly as possible.

Gato yells out, strongly, “Get a hold of yourselves! There is one overgrown dragon! Get it together!” However, Gato has a bad feeling, but he only looks to see a kunai impale him in the heart in which it is see that that Zabuza, with his bandages no longer covering his mouth, in a sitting position in which it is seen that he has grabbed one of Naruto’s kunai and used the last of his strength to kill Zabuza by throwing the kunai with his mouth. Zabuza collapses to the ground and he dies with a grin on his lips while Gato collapses to the ground and dies with a look of horror on his face. That was the final straw that broke this camel’s back and the thugs run and climbed down to their boats to get to the other side of the bridge or anyway away from the bridge as quickly as they can. On the meanwhile, we find Sakura crying over Sasuke’s body thinking that he has died.

Just then Sasuke croaks out, “Sakura…”

Sakura gasps in shock and she yells out, excitedly, “Sasuke-kun, your alive!”

Sasuke groans as he slowly gets to his feet and Sasuke says, “Naruto…”

Sakura says, with a nod, “He is just fine! The person that was with Zabuza is also over there, but Zabuza is dead! He killed Gato himself!” Sasuke gives a look of surprise and looks to the source also to see Black Rose Dragon dropping two more thugs into the river, who lived despite the drop.

Sasuke thinks in his mind, stunned, “What is that?”

Naruto tells Ayane, amazed, “Oh, wow! That was amazing, Ayane-san!”

Ryu says, with a smirk, “And that’s why I don’t make my sister mad, Naruto.” On the meanwhile, a little boy named Inari, who is Tazuna’s grandson, arrives with a group of people armed with whatever ‘weapons’ they could find to see the battle is over.

Inari goes over to his grandfather and he yells out, “Grandpa! What happened here?”

Tazuna replies, with a sigh, “Gato is dead, Inari. We have won… No, Inari. They have won our battle for us. These brave ninja and… the ‘Signers’.” The group of people with Inari gasp in shock as they look to see Haku over the body of his former ‘leader’.

Naruto tells Haku, “Haku-san…”

Kakashi tells Haku, “Killing Gato was a message and a ‘gift’ to you, Haku. To move on and live on. If you truly cared for Zabuza, you should honor his dying words. He gave you a new purpose, but it is up to you to fulfill it, Haku.”

Haku says, lowly, “Zabuza-sama… I shall honor your final wish. I will live on and fulfill my new duty.” Haku then goes over to Ryu and Ayane and she says, bowing in front of them, “If you would honor me, Signers-sama, allow me to protect you during your mission.”

Ryu says, nervously, “Sure, Haku.”

Ayane tells Ryu, “Please get up, Haku-chan.”

Haku tells the twins, “I am grateful. I shall protect you until there is no life left in my body.”

Ayane tells Haku, with a kind smile, “Not serve us, Haku. Be our friend.”

Haku asks, surprised, “Your friend?” Ayane extends her right hand and for the first time, she smiles and she shakes the Fudo twin’s hand. Just then sunshine appears as the clouds break away and everyone is in awe.

Kakashi thinks in his mind, “It is the start of a new day.”

(Days later; at the bridge)

Soon enough, we find Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, Ayane, Ryu, and Haku leaving across the completely bridge and heading back to the Leaf Village, the home of Kakashi and his team.

Tazuna tells them, “Thanks to them, we have come to brand new world. A world where we have found our courage and can fulfill our dreams.”

One of the villagers asks Tazuna, “Speaking of the bridge, Tazuna, shouldn’t we name it?”

Tazuna says, with a grin, “Of course! How about the Great Naruto Bridge? For the boy that gave us back our courage and also, I would like to add the images of the Signers’ two dragons in the arches. They, along with Naruto, have helped us regained our hope as the ancient legends said they will. They give back hope and life to humanity.”

The villager asks Tazuna, “Are you sure about that name? And about that addition?”

Tazuna says, with a smile, “I am, buster. One day, the name ‘Naruto’ shall be famous throughout the lands. Something tells me that the ‘Signers’ come here wasn’t just a fluke. I have a feeling that they and that boy shall belong legends.”

Back with the group, Naruto tells Ayane, “You’ll really like our village and the Old Man, Ayane-san. I know that you and Ryu-san will fit right in!”

Ryu tells Naruto, with a smile, “I know that you are right, Naruto! But just call us ‘Ayane’ and ‘Ryu’ from now on. We are friends after all, right?”

Naruto says, with a foxy grin, “Yeah, you’re right!”

On the meanwhile, Sasuke is glaring at Haku and Kakashi tells Sasuke, “Haku-san is no longer an enemy, Sasuke. She has given her life to the ‘Signers’ and their protection. And trust me, they need someone like her. There are those that wish for the Crimson Dragon and Ayane-san’s power.” Sasuke doesn’t say anything, but he is mentally annoyed that Ayane has an incredible power that many in the Elemental Countries that wants including himself and he, an Uchiha, doesn’t have. Kakashi thinks in his mind, “I’m glad that’s over, but something tells me that these two have a long journey ahead of them. Hopefully, we can find out who killed their parents and why. And something tells me that it is vital to their mission as Signers, but what I don’t get is that they only have two of the five pieces of the Crimson Dragon. There is the wings, back claw, and tail remaining. Are they gone… or does this mean that new Signers will be chosen to take the place of their lost loved ones? I have a feeling that we will find out soon.” However, as Kakashi, his team, the two Signers, and their newest addition head back to the Leaf Village, they don’t know that the same cloaked figure that saved Ayane and Ryu before is watching them from a distance with a pair of binoculars.

The cloaked figure says, with a confident tone, “I had feared the worst and yet, the best or something close to it has happened. These two shall bring balance to the Elemental Countries and stop this new evil rising, but they shall not do it alone. They shall have new friends… and new fellow ‘Signers’ to do it with. Good luck to you all.” Soon after, the cloaked figure vanishes in a swirl of leaves in which Ryu and Ayane have a feeling that something or someone is watching, but it is a ‘good feeling’ which fills their hearts with more hope as their holes in their hearts are being filled with brand new friends, but the scars of their parents and loved ones still remain. And they head on into an uncertain future as the newest Signers…

Next time in Chapter 2:

Ayane: This is your home, Naruto? Wow!

Naruto: I told you that you like it!

Ryu: Why does many people look at you with such nasty looks?

Naruto (solemnly): I don’t want to talk about it.

Mysterious voice: Let me show them, young Jinchuriki.

Naruto (strongly): Who are you?

Mysterious Figure: Someone who is to correct the mistakes of this corrupted world. I challenge you to a duel, Naruto Uzumaki!

Ayane (shocked): He is using a corrupted version of our dad’s Stardust Dragon, Ryu!

Ryu: Who or what are you?

Naruto: It can’t be! The fox is going to be free if I lose?!

Kyuubi: At long last, I shall soon be free! You have failed, gaki! But then again, why should you fight for a village that has spat in the face of both of your family especially your father, the Fourth Hokage!

Naruto (stunned): The Fourth Hokage was my dad?!

Minato: Naruto, my son…

Ryu: Next time on ‘Naruto 5Ds’, Blazing Malestrom Revolution!

Naruto: Hold up, fox! I’m not going to let you, win! There is too much on the line for me! Synchro Summon!

Ayane (stunned): What’s that on Naruto’s arm? And… The Crimson Dragon?!

Here is the first chapter of my Naruto and Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds crossover. Like I said, there are going to crossovers and elements from the original Yu-Gi-Oh AKA Yu-Gi-Oh R and Yu-Gi-Oh GX. I’m also going to use elements from the three Yu-Gi-Oh series manga counterparts as well. I’m sorry for killing off the ‘Signers crew’ and I like them as any Yu-Gi-Oh main characters, but in order for my story to work, it needed a bit of tragedy and such. Read and review and I hope to hear from you, but please don’t flame me! Later and best wishes, Naruto and Dueling fans! By the way, I hope that everyone had happy holidays!
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